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The Forging of a Black Community - Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (Paperback, New)
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The Forging of a Black Community - Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era (Paperback, New)
Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography
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Through much of the twentieth century, black Seattle was synonymous
with the Central District - a four-square-mile section near the
geographic center of the city. Quintard Taylor explores the
evolution of this community from its first few residents in the
1870s to a population of nearly forty thousand in 1970. With events
such as the massive influx of rural African Americans beginning
with World War II and the transformation of African American
community leadership in the 1960s from an integrationist to a black
power stance, Seattle both anticipates and mirrors national trends.
Thus, the book addresses not only a particular city in the Pacific
Northwest but also the process of political change in black
America. This book places black urban history in a broader
framework than most urban case studies by analyzing racial
perceptions, attitudes, and expectations in light of the presence
of another people of color, Asian Americans. Asians rather than
blacks were Seattle's largest racial minority until World War II.
Their presence limited African American employment and housing
opportunities by drawing blacks into intense competition with the
city's Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino populations. Yet the
virulent racism of the 1890-1940 era, usually directed against
blacks in urban communities, was diffused among Seattle's four
nonwhite groups. Consequently, Asians and blacks, admittedly uneasy
neighbors, became partners in coalitions challenging racial
restrictions while remaining competitors for housing and jobs.
Taylor explores the intersection of race and class in a city with a
decidedly liberal and at times radical political culture. He finds
that while local blacks operated in a racialenvironment that
allowed relatively open social interaction, at the same time they
were subject to restricted employment opportunities, preventing
rapid growth of the African American population. Taylor argues that
black Seattle was poised between two worlds, attempting to meld th
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Imprint: |
University of Washington Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography |
Release date: |
July 1994 |
First published: |
May 1994 |
Authors: |
Quintard Taylor
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Foreword by: |
Norman Rice
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade / Trade
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Pages: |
426 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-295-97345-6 |
Categories: |
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Books >
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LSN: |
0-295-97345-5 |
Barcode: |
9780295973456 |
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